Manufacturing & Tooling Development Lead

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin in Merritt Island, FL is seeking a manufacturing and tooling development leader to guide programs across tooling, processes, and production systems. You will act as a single-threaded M&TD leader for assigned programs, ensuring cost and schedule conformance while building a high-performing team across multiple disciplines.

You will drive capital planning, vendor coordination, and the development of innovative manufacturing technologies to support spaceflight programs and the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline or equivalent; 6+ years in manufacturing.
• Proven ability to lead and develop engineering teams, either in management or as a technical lead.
• Experience delivering complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
• Experience with product development lifecycle and tooling for manufacturing.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• US citizen or eligible to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• Own tooling and production planning for assigned programs to deliver integrated solutions.
• Ensure production requirements are met from fabrication to facilities planning.
• Develop and maintain operations, tooling, facilities, and capital plans for programs.
• Integrate tooling and process development schedules with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Maintain tooling requirements communication with production operations (schedule, capacity, equipment).
• Lead development of project plans, manage risks, track status, resolve issues.
• Translate long-range MTD objectives into technical objectives for the team.
• Contribute program-level inputs to tooling, facilities, processes, and systems roadmaps.
• Manage capital and R&D budgets for the portfolio and report on variance.
• Identify opportunities for automation, cost reduction, and vertical integration.
• Build and mentor a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team of engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Manufacturing systems

Budget management

Cross-functional

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Blue Origin in Merritt Island, FL is seeking a manufacturing and tooling development leader to guide programs across tooling, processes, and production systems. You will act as a single-threaded M&TD leader for assigned programs, ensuring cost and schedule conformance while building a high-performing team across multiple disciplines.

You will drive capital planning, vendor coordination, and the development of innovative manufacturing technologies to support spaceflight programs and the